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Federal judge halts $1,000-per-day fine against conservative podcaster until 10th Circuit weighs in
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A federal judge on Tuesday paused his order requiring a conservative podcaster to pay a $1,000 daily fine and canceled a hearing scheduled for Wednesday to consider more drastic sanctions, citing a need to let the federal appeals court based in Denver have its say. Last month, U.S. District Court Senior Judge William J. Martínez ordered…
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Ex-Dominion Voting Systems exec scores procedural victories in 2 defamation cases
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A former executive for Denver-based Dominion Voting Systems recently prevailed on multiple motions in a pair of federal defamation cases seeking to hold liable those who amplified unproven allegations that he, personally, rigged the 2020 presidential election against Donald Trump. Eric Coomer, the former director of product security and strategy for voting technology supplier Dominion, has…
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Colorado Supreme Court takes up cases on Title IX investigations, COVID campus closure
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The Colorado Supreme Court recently agreed to hear multiple cases implicating a witness’ immunity for making defamatory statements in a school sex assault investigation, whether a university can be sued for closing its campus early in the COVID-19 pandemic, and whether a man should receive a new trial for his numerous securities fraud convictions. At…
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Colorado justices overrule appeals court’s incorrect standard for mid-case appeals
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The Colorado Supreme Court on Monday overruled a 7-year-old decision of the state’s second-highest court after a plaintiff, the defendants and even one of the judges who participated in the decision called it incorrect. Typically, appellate courts can only review final judgments that address all of the claims in a civil case. However, Colorado’s procedural…
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Colorado Springs school board member threatens legal action against parent
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Editor’s note: More comment by attorney David Illingworth was added after the original posting of this story online. An Academy District 20 school board member has threatened legal action against a parent for public statements that the board member believes are slanderous. Bernadette Guthrie, whose daughter attends school in District 20, recently received a cease-and-desist letter…
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Ex-Dominion executive’s defamation claims may proceed against Trump campaign and supporters
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Colorado’s second-highest court on Thursday agreed a former executive of Denver-based Dominion Voting Systems may proceed with his defamation lawsuit against Donald Trump’s presidential campaign and several prominent supporters who publicly accused him of rigging the 2020 election based on the unproven claims of a conservative podcaster. A three-judge panel for the Court of Appeals…
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Ex-Dominion executive’s defamation claims may proceed against Trump campaign and supporters
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Colorado’s second-highest court on Thursday agreed a former executive of Denver-based Dominion Voting Systems may proceed with his defamation lawsuit against Donald Trump’s presidential campaign and several prominent supporters who publicly accused him of rigging the 2020 election based on the unproven claims of a conservative podcaster. A three-judge panel for the Court of Appeals…